Warner Bros.' refusal to comment on Ezra Miller's ongoing legal issues is becoming tiresome, especially with it now clear that DC Comics fans simply no longer want to see the actor take centre stage in The Flash next year. The studio may be hoping that this all blows over, but if this latest story from The Daily Beast is any indication, that won't happen.
The site reports that a mother and her 12-year-old child have been granted a temporary harassment prevention order against Ezra Miller following accusations that they menaced them and a neighbour and acted inappropriately toward the non-binary youngster.
It's alleged that on February 2, the trio was spending time with Miller when the mother mentioned travelling with "her tribe" of people. That led to an outburst from the actor who accused her of cultural appropriation before claiming that the board game they were playing, Parcheesi, has Rastafarian roots. When the neighbour, who is half-Black, asked what he was talking about, "Ezra explodes and started screaming directly into my face," the person recalls. "They said, 'You don’t even know what the [frick] you’re talking about. What did you say to me? What did you just say to me?!'"
"Then they opened up their jacket - they had this, like, big Sherpa jacket - and they opened up one side of their jacket, you could see a gun, and they said, 'Talking like that could get you into a really serious situation.'"
Things only got worse from here, with Miller claiming to hold power over the then 11-year-old child, suggesting they would guide them. The mom understandably had something to say about that, but the actor turned on the woman (who dresses Goth) and accused her of being a vampire and witch asking, "Do you want to drink my blood? Do you!?"
It's at this point we should probably warn you that this alleged clash takes an even more upsetting turn, because the site explains that Miller then started pestering the child with compliments, moving their chair closer to them before uncomfortably hugging them and touching their hips. The Justice League star requested the 11-year-old follow them on Instagram and suggested they would acquire them several horses the child could help care for on their Vermont farm.
"They automatically were just weirdly drawn to me and kept talking about how they love my outfit and love my style, and kept going on and on about how it was great," the child recalls in an interview with the site. "It was really uncomfortable. I was really nervous. I was scared to be around them after he’d yelled at my mother and she was crying."
Needless to say, this is gross, and while they are just accusations at this point, Miller's role as The Flash (regardless of how much reshoots will cost Warner Bros.) surely has to be scrapped.
The Flash, a movie seemingly no one wants to see at this stage, is set to be released on June 23, 2023.